Win Fabulous Ginvera Products! BB Cream and Green Tea Marvel Gel

You will by now know how much I am loving the products from GINVERA. I have reviewed and raved about both the Green Tea Marvel Gel and the Green Tea Nude Cover BB Cream and now I am pleased to say one reader of BeautySwot.com will be able to try out these wonderful products for themselves in my latest giveaway.

I have teamed up with the lovely people from Janiro who have brought GINVERA Green Tea products from Singapore to our shores and are offering one person the following prize -

GINVERA Green Tea Marvel Gel 40ml £22 - My review - http://www.beautyswot.com/2013/03/ginvera-green-tea-whitening-marvel-gel.html

GINVERA Green Tea Nude Cover BB Cream 25ml £18 - My review - http://www.beautyswot.com/2013/04/ginvera-green-tea-nude-cover-bb-cream.html

To Enter 

• You must be a follower of this blog, please leave a comment on how you follow and what your favourite holiday destination is.
• You can gain an extra entry by tweeting about this giveaway. Just tag your tweet with @BeautySwot at the end so I can see it. 

The (not so) Small Print -

• Maximum entries per person is 2
• Open only to UK residents
• All entries will be logged and numbered, and the winner will be selected by www.random.org
• Entries close at 23.59pm, 16th April 2013 
• The winner and instructions as to how to claim your prize will appear on the blog on Wednesday 17th April. 
• You will have 48 hours to get in touch to claim your prize before someone else will be selected

Thank you for entering and good luck!

Nails Of The Day - Kiko Make Up Milano Celebration Nail Lacquer - 422 Mint Green

More love for Kiko Make Up Milano with this nails of the day - This is Mint Green and it is absolutely gorgeous!

Summer has well and truly arrived with this bright and glossy shade

Kiko Celebration Nail Lacquers (ltd edition) are available online or at Kiko Stores in Westfield, cost £4.90 for 11ml and come in 10 shades.

*PR Sample

COWSHED Cow Slip and Cow Pat Hand Creams Reviewed

I seem to have done a complete about turn - going from never using hand creams to ensuring having one in the kitchen, one in my bedroom and one in my handbag.. so when I saw that I could get a rather bargainous 12 months subscription for Easy Living Magazine complete with a gift of 2 free hand creams I naturally signed on the dotted line...

Cowshed is a brand that I have never tried before although I had heard of it..I must confess the names of the products didn't really appeal to me but it would seem that I have been missing out.

A little bit about the brand (from their website)

Cowshed has evolved into a holistic range of products and treatments, all bound together through their continued use of natural botanicals from sustainable resources containing the highest quality essential oils. On top of which they guarantee;

No Parabens (preservatives)
No Petrochemicals (petroleum bi-products)
No Sulphates (artificial foaming agents)
No Animal Ingredients (spare a little organic beeswax and wildflower honey)
No Artificial Fragrances or Colours
No Animal Testing (not now, not ever)

We continue to make all of our products in England, ensuring local sustainability and optimal 'just picked' freshness.

Cow Pat Moisturising Hand Cream (50ml) £8

They say

Delicately scented with grapefruit and coriander, this hand cream sinks in quickly, leaving skin well nourished. 

My thoughts

Scent wise this is is fresh and herby, I wasn't sure I was going to like it from the description and it is so far removed from the usual hand cream scents but it is strangely addictive. This is a light cream that I would use for general moisturisation as it leaves hands soft but I don't feel the results last... if my hands were really dry I wouldn't be reaching for this.

Cow Slip Soothing Hand Cream (50ml) £8

They say

Maintain youthful hands at any moment of the day with a mini tube of our award winning hand cream!

This luxurious hand cream uses spearmint oil for its healing and antibacterial properties as well as petitgrain, peppermint and sweet orange to maintain moisture and restore supple skin for younger looking hands.

My thoughts 

Another curious ingredient concoction that actually smells so very nice, this cream feels light but once applied you can really see the difference in the condition of the skin. My skin looks super smooth and well moisturised but it is not greasy at all. 

Out of the two I prefer the Soothing Hand Cream for the results it gives.

Have you tried this brand?

Winners Of The Sanctuary Spa 30 Day Youth Revolution Kits Revealed!

Thanks to all those of you who entered my 30 Day Youth Revolution Kit Giveaway with Sanctuary Spa  I really enjoyed reading about your favourite childhood movies. Such a good selection :-)

My favourite childhood film was Annie, I went to see it in the cinema with my mum whilst my dad and brother went into another screen to watch James Bond. Such fond memories and those tunes. Loved it ever since!

All of the entries were assigned a number (or two if you tweeted!) and 3 numbers were selected by random.org and I am pleased to announce the winners below

Georgia
Naddy
Hannah McNulty

If this is you please email me at bettina@beautyswot.com within 48 hours to claim your prize. If you do not respond a new winner will be selected as per the rules of this giveaway 

Congratulations :-)

Perfume Sample Saturday - Ghost Whisper Eau De Toilette

I loved the original Ghost Ghost EDT - I had a couple of bottles just after its release back in 1999/2000 - the mix of jasmine with rose petals blended with vanilla, sandalwood, hibiscus with a hint of musk was really quite gorgeous...in fact reminiscing I feel I must visit a perfume counter and revisit this scent!

Looking into my box of perfume samples I came across Ghost Whisper EDT, strangely I must have missed the release of this as I don't remember it at all, curious I decided that this was the next perfume fragrance to come out of the box.

Ghost Whisper

Is described as a floral fruity scent

Top notes - Mandarin, Almond and Star Fruit 
Heart notes - Jasmine, Honeysuckle and Orange Blossom
Base notes - White Cedarwood, Creamy Musks, Heliotrope

My thoughts 

This is really quite nice. Not overly fruity, slightly sweet and most definitely feminine. This is an attractive scent that is rather comforting in a familiar way. I feel like I have had something similar in the past but cannot quite place it.

A great blend of ingredients, pleasant for Spring.

Ghost Whisper EDT 30ml costs £25

A Year and A Day - The Friday Column

A Poem - A Year and A Day

It's been a year and a day since you walked away
And not one phone call or text to say you are ok
I guess if I am honest I am not surprised
It was all there, I saw it in your eyes

Don't get me wrong I am not sat here pining
Although of course at first there was whining
I just miss the things that were familiar
We were like one, really quite similar

We sat and drank wine till the sun rose
We laughed and made plans I thought you'd propose
Then all of sudden you would come home late
Said you were working, making me wait

Passing by your office one day I saw you leave
Witnessing something that made me heave
I shrieked and sobbed, I felt funny
I saw her in your arms, a swell in her tummy

Yes it's been a year and a day since you walked away
I know, I know I begged you that day to stay
Would you believe I am honestly relieved
Free to find someone who respects and adores me.

An original work of fiction - all rights reserved

Scentsational Spring! 8 New Fragrances To Update Your Perfume Wardrobe

It may be snowing out there today but I am assured (by BBC Weather) that it WILL be warming up very soon.

In preparation for Spring I have picked out eight of my favourite new scents for April's Issue of iN Magazine -

Nothing says new season than a fresh new fragrance to envelope your senses :-)

Click below to read the feature and while you are there take a peek at the rest of the magazine!

http://issuu.com/in-magazine.com/docs/inmagessexapril2013/27